Nigerian agriculture is characterized by considerable regional and crop diversity. Analysis of this sector, particularly the food sub-sector, is fraught with serious data problems. However, the available statistics provide a broad overview of development in agriculture upon which we can make some broad generalizations about its role […]
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Groundnut {peanuts} is an essential food product that enjoys good patronage in both the domestic and the international market. It is a veritable source of edible oil, animal feed and also consumed as snacks. Groundnut “Arachis hypogaea” is a species in the legume “bean” family. The cultivated […]
Read more →Why is Nigeria so blessed with abundant crude oil yet little has been achieved in terms of socio-economic development since the drilling of the first commercial well in Oloibiri present day Bayelsa state in the late 1970’s, has been the subject of various discussion for a long […]
Read more →Nigeria a country blessed with diverse climatic and soil condition for the production of different agricultural produce, is the leading producer of potato in Sub-Saharan Africa producing about 3,460,000 MT of sweet potatoes annually. Potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the […]
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